Vehicle kilometres goods vehicles; vehicle weight and territory 2001-2017

Vehicle kilometres goods vehicles; vehicle weight and territory 2001-2017

Lorries and road tractors Years of construction Periods Kilometres in the Netherlands Total kilometres in the Netherlands (x mln km) Kilometres in the Netherlands Kilometres by Dutch vehicles (x mln km) Kilometres in the Netherlands Kilometres by foreign vehicles (x mln km) Kilometres by Dutch vehicles Total kilometres by Dutch vehicles (x mln km) Kilometres by Dutch vehicles Kilometres in the Netherlands (x mln km) Kilometres by Dutch vehicles Kilometres abroad (x mln km) Average annual kilometres Total average annual kilometres (km) Average annual kilometres Average annual kilometres in Netherlands (km) Average annual kilometres Average annual kilometres abroad (km) Dutch goods vehicles in use (number)
Lorries and road tractors Year of construction 1900 to 1979 2017* 7.4 7.1 0.3 8.1 7.1 1.0 2,254 1,978 275 3,581
Lorries and road tractors Year of construction 1980 to 1985 2017* 3.1 3.0 0.1 3.4 3.0 0.4 2,588 2,263 325 1,322
Lorries and road tractors Year of construction 1986 to 1990 2017* 10.7 10.2 0.5 11.8 10.2 1.7 5,107 4,383 724 2,317
Road tractor Year of construction 1900 to 1979 2017* 1.4 1.2 0.1 1.7 1.2 0.5 2,620 1,881 739 640
Road tractor Year of construction 1980 to 1985 2017* 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.2 2,335 1,677 658 271
Road tractor Year of construction 1986 to 1990 2017* 2.6 2.3 0.3 3.2 2.3 0.9 8,298 5,958 2,340 390
Lorry (road tractor not included) Year of construction 1900 to 1979 2017* 6.0 5.9 0.2 6.4 5.9 0.5 2,174 1,999 175 2,941
Lorry (road tractor not included) Year of construction 1980 to 1985 2017* 2.6 2.5 0.1 2.8 2.5 0.3 2,653 2,414 239 1,051
Lorry (road tractor not included) Year of construction 1986 to 1990 2017* 8.1 7.8 0.2 8.6 7.8 0.8 4,462 4,065 397 1,927
To 9 999 kg Year of construction 1900 to 1979 2017* 3.6 3.5 0.1 3.8 3.5 0.3 3,170 2,923 247 1,212
To 9 999 kg Year of construction 1980 to 1985 2017* 0.9 0.9 0.0 1.0 0.9 0.1 2,227 2,053 174 450
To 9 999 kg Year of construction 1986 to 1990 2017* 3.1 3.0 0.1 3.3 3.0 0.3 4,596 4,238 358 719
10 000 to 19 999 kg Year of construction 1900 to 1979 2017* 2.3 2.3 0.1 2.5 2.3 0.2 1,550 1,428 122 1,582
10 000 to 19 999 kg Year of construction 1980 to 1985 2017* 1.4 1.4 0.0 1.5 1.4 0.1 2,856 2,630 226 536
10 000 to 19 999 kg Year of construction 1986 to 1990 2017* 4.3 4.2 0.1 4.6 4.2 0.4 4,354 4,010 344 1,050
20 000 kg or more Year of construction 1900 to 1979 2017* 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 686 547 139 148
20 000 kg or more Year of construction 1980 to 1985 2017* 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 3,914 3,119 794 65
20 000 kg or more Year of construction 1986 to 1990 2017* 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.7 0.6 0.1 4,572 3,644 928 159
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains data on total vehicle kilometres of goods vehicles in the Netherlands (broken down by Dutch and foreign vehicles) and data of total kilometres and average annual kilometres of Dutch goods vehicles (broken down by Dutch and foreign territory).
All figures are further broken down by lorries and road tractors, by years of construction of the vehicle and by gross vehicle weight.

Data available from: 2001

Status of the figures:
Definite data are available for 2001 to 2015, and provisional data for 2016 and 2017.

Changes as of 12 November 2019
None, this statistic will not be continued. Relevant tables are mentioned under point 3.

When will new figures become available?
Not applicable, this statistic will not be continued.

Description topics

Kilometres in the Netherlands
The total distance travelled (in km) in the Netherlands by vehicles with a Dutch registration plate and vehicles with foreign registration plates.

Since 2001, Statistics Netherlands conducts an extensive annual survey based on odometer readings (see section 4 in the table notes, which includes a link to the survey description). Since 2001, data are therefore rounded off to the nearest 100,000 kilometres and are thus available in more detail than in prior years.
Total kilometres in the Netherlands
The total distance travelled (in km) in the Netherlands by vehicles with a Dutch registration plate and vehicles with foreign registration plates.
Kilometres by Dutch vehicles
Kilometres by foreign vehicles
The total distance travelled (in km) by foreign vehicles in the Netherlands.
Kilometres by Dutch vehicles
The total distance travelled (in km) in the Netherlands and abroad by vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.

Since 2001, Statistics Netherlands conducts an extensive annual survey based on odometer readings (see section 4 in the table notes, which includes a link to the survey description). Since 2001, data are therefore rounded off to the nearest 100,000 kilometres and are thus available in more detail than in prior years.
Total kilometres by Dutch vehicles
The total distance travelled (in km) in the Netherlands and abroad by vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
Kilometres in the Netherlands
Kilometres abroad
The total distance travelled (in km) abroad by vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
Average annual kilometres
The average number of kilometres per year travelled by a vehicle.

This includes vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
Total average annual kilometres
The average number of kilometres per year travelled by a vehicle.

This includes vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
Average annual kilometres in Netherlands
The average number of kilometres per year travelled by a vehicle in the Netherlands.

This includes vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
Average annual kilometres abroad
The average number of kilometres per year travelled by a vehicle abroad (outside the Netherlands).

This includes vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
Dutch goods vehicles in use
All lorries and road tractors with a valid Dutch registration number which are allowed to travel on the Dutch public road system during (part of) the year, including:
- lorries and road tractors which are in stock part of the year
- lorries and road tractors which are used part of the year on the Dutch public road system, e.g. new or imported vehicles and vehicles which are scrapped or exported during the year.

The calculated figures are higher than the number of registered lorries and road tractor units on the reference date 1 January, as published in the tables on the motor vehicle fleet.
Goods vehicles in use are all vehicles which could have been used during the entire year. The motor vehicle fleet only includes all motor vehicles with valid registration numbers on 1 January. Therefore, the actual number of motor vehicles is smaller.